Rail-joint.



PATENT'ED M'Rfs, `1904.

' A. CHRESTENSE'N.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLIOATIN FILED SEPT. 12, 190.3.

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Patented March 8, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

AMDY CHRESTENSEN, OF COHOES, YORK.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. V753,854, dated March 8, 1904.

Application led September 12, 1903. Serial No. 172,974. (No model.) l

To' a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMDY CITRESTENSEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cohoes, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in rail-joints; and its object is to provide a simple and inexpensive device of this character by means of which the abutting ends of rails may be securely fastened together without necessitating the employment of bolts or other fastening means.

A further object is to provide a joint which will support the ends of the rails and prevent pounding thereon by wheels passing therelongitudinal section therethrough. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3, Fig. 2.

Referring to the figures by numerals of refi ence, l is the base of a casting, from the side edges of which extend inwardly-projecting flanges 2, which are so shaped as to extend over and fit snugly upon base-fiange 3 of a rail L Extending upward from the inner edges of the iianges 2 are side plates 5, which are connected at the center by means of an integral block 6. The ends of the rails are provided with rectangular recesses 7, and the area of each of these recesses is approximately equal to one-half the area of block 6. These recesses are so located in the ends of the rails that when said rails are inserted into opposite sides of the casting formed by the base-plate l, flanges 2, and side plates 5`the opposite sides ofthe block 6 will be engaged thereby. As this block is integral with the side plates 5, it will serve to support the ends of the rails and prevent them from sagging, ,thus insuring a smooth jointand preventingpounding by rails passing thereover. The joint is provided with recesses 2O in the sides of the base-plate 1 for the reception of spikes or, other securing means, and braces 2l in form of webs are 55 preferably interposed between the iianges 2 and the side plates 5 for preventing the bending or breaking of the said side plates under lateral strain. V

It will be seen that the device is extremely simple and inexpensive in construction and will snugly hold rails together without the necessity of employing bolts' or other similar fastening means.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; butI do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein .without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make suchchanges and alterations as may fairly fall within the scope of my invention. v

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by 75 Letters Patent, is-

The combination with rails having baseflanges, and recesses in the adjoining ends of the webs of the rails; of a base-plate below l the base-flanges and -adapted to be contacted 8O thereby and support the same, inwardly-extending inclined ianges integral with the the webs, and webs integral with and interposed between the side plates and their flanges. In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

AMDY cHREsTENsEN.-

Witnesses: i l A JAMES SMlTH, y EDGAR Roon. 

